Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-11-01

~ ~ ten minutes in Chicapo's mill.
nv, tary camp when he was here
iheIe was salute, a bang, and the presj-
ueh,la! coachman- Cracked his whip and
seii. MS TOUR horses flying toward the rail
w.? sutton Then the troops resumed
s.I'. MSS parade III the mud. Mud, in
iict, mas been one of the chief cboroctcris.
tics OF the Chicago internation,l ,,,iI;,an,,
ehcampment. 1t was II rood scheme that
10 bring together. on the prniries of
iiilhols representative military orraniza-
.,otis from all the countries of the world
1oHie very good men started the work
lhcy started in the right way, too First
lrthey induced the railroads. TO s1,hscribe
o,ooO, and then they got other neonIe
TO pay in $50, 900 or so more, and these
sums were offered in prizes Gen. Bentley
nno had a prominent place in the big
1"'nP aO washington, was chosen man
nSel' ana Ex-Governor Beveridge was
elected president. Gen. Chetlain of (,ht,
cago, was dispatched to Euronc to hrin,,
hither the steel capped warriors of nil the
monarchiss. Gen. Chetlain Travelled far
ana worked hard. Hesent good reports
nome Everybody was coming to CHICAGO
-EnSllshme1, Frenchmen, Germans
auSlTLahs' SwlSs ecu. Chetlain WAS
everywhere meeting with wonderful sue
cess. Some. Of the foreign troops- we're
coming to capture the drill and TARGET
ShooIin3 prizes; others TO see the country.
military methods ON he e',c A .
uuisjtiye md oftt;, oeHali ol 'helr IN
lnents. 1t really 1id ny ""'.ihe govern
cago cncampncnt wns st =, ~, VA, VA. 'ne ohl-
rious, most extensive and ,nost 'oa a S,o-
polftan 'offo Jx~,sf --tfa itooe sos!ilo-
ever ,. seen. The men who had subscribed
nOerally to the undertakinpfe felt TINT Gen
c',"ii WIS earninS"tte ~, 700 month .
"IiNH 'Alty were paying him for his labors
among the crowned heads. But the re-
suits, alas. have come far ebor, af ~
Wctations. IN AL the ca,nn tLnro 10 ;,n.
one lone foreign military cnmnon,
s1uad of forty tolI I1, No,' S-h
Instead Of mo IN nno p t. 'oc''hulhaVians'
h,,,a h,,,' W ~ ~ io""o troops expected there
15G ofIicors .,,' S "n me gfo"hds,incudipg
."o oilcers ana az musicians But there
nssbeen- nfud1enough for roo, 600 troops
L lie glorious Sl.y of Illinois hng rro,r.n,I
TIL the adjoining racct-lcl,s. five miles |
west of the lake shore harr
holes such as dress ,,1ilf3l hfG AZ Twof nan
rarely ber,. ,,37,da eol'l;a,s Io,,,
c,,n,, ,,,o,,. ~ ~ S,i"iIi navy
,-bos hoa,' uo,oi,',t ~ one .nai, tEe
> i"' ''oh uctdileu 10 clcau the boots
anu u,i!lor'ns OF their comrades.
sui the chicago military cnmD has nv
no .ipeans been a failure, On n recent
sham battle div there wern 40 Ofl0 ,;s;t
ors, and the counterfeit presentntant of
wars starp rr,,-r efo,1., ~ $3.50 W
fed dcliubf Tba $50. 49,, s4u
I ny S"inp MaS formally
~ vi 'no " vi octoper anu Will
ioSI W , "a ~" Noct. 81. Inc tohoWing
Is lu4l llSt OF the troops in camp:
Light Battery +. Fourth artillery r. "A
officers, C5 men and luns 7
Troop ], First cavalry. U. s. A.. 3 officers and
on n'eh .
90 ''.,on oi ths a"eh'ythird infantry, U. S.
C,nyoi,nd Gu ,'i' ,r lfo men.
COMPANY g First lava y r, Sns, ~ .lieh. %
men. Gnu ~
Non commissioned Scandinavian officers 40
Lafayette, Ind, ligh, artillery; 10 officers, IS
men and guns
80 G %rn. D. Second Iowa NJ O. officers and
; s s:..,, light r., s',',,s e'''' and